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As the need for dredging in North Carolina waterways has long ago surpassed the availability of funds and equipment to dredge, Dare County, with the help of $15 million provided in the recent state budget, is about to try something different: Build a dedicated dredge to maintain its waterways. The plan would be a private-public… Read More
Photos of Oceanside and Carlsbad beaches taken prior to the mid-1940s show broad, sandy beaches, with room for tents, cars and large public gatherings. Today, most of those beaches, without artificial restoration, are narrow strips of cobblestone. An experimental sand bypass system used almost 30 years ago is one of the ideas Oceanside wants to… Read More
A long-awaited dredging of the navigation channel into Sodus Bay is underway, and boosters say it’s long overdue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the dredging contract was awarded to Luedtke Engineering Co. of Frankfort, Mich. USACE estimates up to 58,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged from the federal channel during the… Read More
Dredging method gives new life to Lake Anna community marina The community dock at your lakeside community doesn’t do much for your recreational boating plans if it’s inaccessible due to a long-term buildup of silt. That’s the problem Troy Crites and his Southwind Shores I neighbors at Lake Anna were facing. Crites has owned his… Read More
China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) on August 8, 2018, began dredging on the offshore maritime approach channel to Chornomorsk Port and in the operating area of the first boot basin of the Sukhy estuary. The dredging will allow large vessels with a draft of up to 14.5 meters, such as Capesize, deadweight up to… Read More
New London — Increasing use and profitability of State Pier is the top priority of a maritime strategy for the state that the Connecticut Port Authority is unveiling Thursday morning. The Day received an advance copy of the strategy, which the port authority will formally announce at a 10 a.m. news conference in Hartford. It… Read More
The Oregon Supreme Court has upheld a decision, opposed by environmentalists, by the state lands department to allow the dredging of the port of Coos Bay for a proposed deep-water marine terminal where ships could load liquefied natural gas from a planned pipeline. Petitioners, who are environmental advocacy groups, said the permit was invalidly issued… Read More
The Lake Mitchell Advisory Committee has been looking into strategies for cleaning up the lake for more than a year and a half. Next Monday, those strategies will finally be presented to city council in the form of a $19.2 million proposal. At its meeting Monday afternoon at the Mitchell Recreation Center, the committee prioritized… Read More
After three years of trying to secure funding to dredge the Anclote River, the city has received the $3.5 million in federal money it needs. The river’s channel hasn’t been dredged since 1998. Silt has built up, water levels are less than four feet at low tide and large boats can’t get up the river…. Read More
The Benjamin Franklin, the largest cargo ship to call in Puget Sound, arrived in Elliot Bay. Cargo ships are getting bigger so, to stay competitive, the Northwest Seaport Alliance plans to dredge two waterways to create the nation’s deepest seaport. Content Continues Below U.S. exports, such as apples, are heavy. Ships reach their weight capacity… Read More
A FINAL FEASIBILITY STUDY for a proposed deep-draft port in Nome is still at least six months away. That’s according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Corps met with the Nome City Council and Port and Planning commissions last Thursday, July 19, to report on the progress of its deep-draft port study…. Read More
A pipe to be used to pump sand for a dredging project at Doctors Pass in Naples had beachgoers scratching their heads Wednesday. Crews began laying the pipe Tuesday, but bad weather delayed burying it in the sand. That raised concerns that sea turtle hatchlings along the pipe’s path from Doctors Pass to Lowdermilk Park… Read More
Awarded to coastal communities in Massachusetts to support local efforts to proactively plan for and adapt to storm and climate change impacts, including surge, flooding, erosion and sea level rise, the Baker-Polito administration announced Wednesday. The Coastal Resilience grants, provided by the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Office of Coastal Zone Management, were… Read More
The town has cut the ribbon on a $1.5 million harbor-dredging project. Wielding the scissors, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito said she hoped “to create a framework going forward so that more of these efforts get the funding needed to enhance our waterways and ensure they are accessible to all.” Manchester’s harbor supports industry and leisure…. Read More
The contractor working on beach replenishment in the northern section of Surf City resumed work Tuesday after it was paused due to recent weather conditions, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. When that work is complete, the beachfill project will continue in the southern area of the borough, Steve Rochette, a public affairs… Read More